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As that guy on Apprentice had said, 'Let me just step in and diffuse the situation'...(loved that line!). It is inevitable that some people might find it useful, and others not. Nothing wrong with that IMO. I am a newbie and looked at it earlier, and it does have a purpose (for me anyways). I'm trying to learn my maj7 arpegios and really commit them to memory. I play it ascdening as you do when you start, and I might write it out for 1 bar, but I also am trying to sight read. I thought it would be nice if I could easily see how chord tones look on the staff not only in sequence and ascending. This does it. I used it for sight reading earlier with a chord I have been running in my head for days and still got stuff wrong trying to play it from the permutations. It forces me to think about where the note is, especially if I need to shift position. I hear the chord tones in different sequences. So it helps me get the notes under my fingers. I hear from lots of people that sight reading is recognising patterns. I think this could help me learn how the notes of a chord look in different situations to recognise chords/patterns. Its just one tool that may assist me for what I am working on right now.

OK, I ain't got any funny quips or hubcap humour...but was just youtube'ing (is that a word?) this band and I really want to hear them live now. I see a few UK dates, just wish something smack in the middle of London.

[quote name='tarcher' post='1193900' date='Apr 9 2011, 05:01 PM']The journeys are not too bad reallybut bloody hell cars do make life so much easier.[/quote] Cars? You talking 'bout them there newfangled doohickies with the black circular doodads on 'em....if so, then yeah, they would make life easier But I might end up wanting to spend any spare cash on a bass...no no no, I won't do that, cause I am putting my pennies into lessons! (must remember)

[quote name='tarcher' post='1193733' date='Apr 9 2011, 12:57 PM']I can reccomend the guy that teaches me in Carpenders Park in between Harrow and Watford. Where abouts are you.[/quote] Thanks for all the replies guys. I am soon to be moving to Cowley and I'll have to be using public transport, so accessibility by bus/tube will have to be the way. Chiswick could be good, pretty much Picadilly line straight from Uxbridge. tarcher, if I can make my way to your teacher could be an option too, let me know. @Platypus - I'll look up stickman too, thanks!

Hi, Just inquiring as to any teachers in and around West London, or anybody recommended in that area? Will have to put up with (what I consider) a beginner. Looking for proper guidance and a real grounding in the basics of bass playing and music and taking it from there upwards. Thanks all...

Bought a DVD off Dave, arrived in great time and was in great condition...thanks Dave, really enjoying it.

I bought some dvds from Joe. I paid in the afternoon and they were sent same day, so much so that they arrived the next day. Thanks Joe for an easy transaction...

As did Paul, I also bought some books off of Mat. They really are in excellent condition. We had a quick meet up and he's a really nice guy. Deal with confidence! Thanks Mat, I too think they will keep me busy for the next 25 years or so

I'll try not to weigh in too much on the notation/tab discussion...I'll just duck from the impending fallout But to comment on chilievans original post, took piano lessons when I was a kid (believe it or not, for some reason I really wanted to learn to play the organ...don't tell anybody else that). Stopped that and then years later was learning the 'cuatro' (Venezuelan instrument). Stopped that. Years later I just really wanted to learn bass. Stupidly stopped that years later. (sense a trend?) All during this time did not really know much theory. Fast forward about 12 years and I realised that I want to keep bass and music as part of my life. Forgive me if this sounds naive, but like chilievans I would really like to do something more with it in later years to come just for the passion of it even at my older age now. Still a beginner but I'll advance one day...but I think we will always keep learning

Ok...did not bother to get it...thanks for the advice though It went for a very reasonable price if you ask me. Right, time to convince myself that it's a good thing I did not buy it...1) I told myself I would not buy any basses for a while 2) Why would I ever need another warwick (trick question)? 3) I've got no space 4) There 'is' another warwick that I really want and need to save for 5) the look of disapproval from my wife scares me 6) I told myself I would not buy any basses for a while ...hmmm... not sure I'm convinced yet. Serves me right, this is what happens the day after you get paid and start looking at basses for sale

Ha! I know the warwick love is thin in these here parts...but what can I say, I just like 'em. I was looking at how long he was registered, the history of his items, registered time on the bay etc and had the same thoughts. But I guess just me being paranoid. I was thinking the discoloration might have come from a stand rubbing against that area, but I hear what you're saying. I still have not made up my mind if to go for it...well, I still have a _whole_ 5 minutes to decide

Hi guys, I don't buy expensive stuff off the bay so not sure if things are what they seem, or what are the right questions to ask but I was looking at this which ends within the hour: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Corvette-Double-Buck-Nirvana-Black-/120687278257?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c1985b8b1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Corvette-Dou...=item1c1985b8b1[/url] Posting it here means I may get outbid (doh!), but I rather ask as you guys would know what to look out for. What you think that discoloration at the bottom of the neck is? Something to worry about?

Hi Scott, First I'd like to say that I really like your video tutorials (I watch some again every so often in the hope that something will sink in,ha). Your structure for the new site is most what I would want, ie. technique/rhythm/improvisation/licks and language. I had started a thread earlier this year on how I should go about learning and that was basically what was touched on. But...for me while I can learn all these various 'concepts' and ideas, I have trouble making the step of how to make practical use of them, and make use of them 'musically'. For a beginner like myself, I know I need to know all these building blocks, but I can't make the mental connection of how to then build something worthwhile with them. Maybe I'm just daft and don't have an ounce of musical ability in my little toe. If I start out at point A, whats the next baby step to get to B and then C? As a novice all these concepts just exist in a vacuum and I can't connect them. Why is it for example that when I see a video of someone demonstrating the Dorian scale and soloing with it sounds 'musical', but when I try it sounds crap and just like random notes that 'fall' on a scale. Hope this makes sense. Thanks for your efforts, appreciated.

[quote name='Huwberry' post='1088257' date='Jan 13 2011, 04:28 PM'] Try as I might, I couldn't get the audio to stay in sync. Oh well, enjoy!![/quote] I was randomly looking at posts when I should _really_ be doing other things, and came across this. Huwberry, I just wanted to say that I really like this. I've got nothing to post, but thanks to everyone that posted, it was cool to see you do your thang...

www.jamstudio.com If its just rhythms, I normally just use my Korg Pandora (besides effects, numerous beats available or plain old metronome). I can also record chords from my bass along with a beat and loop it in my Korg and play over that. But for internet use, jamstudio is really cool. If you just want a beat/rythym then just only select Drums and deselect Guitar etc. and click for 'Loop page'...an there ya go. If you want to change the beat, tempo, add instruments with whatever chords you can do that also. There is however sometimes a bit of a stutter or delay when you use instruments in this 'free' version. HTH.

I had been trying to use this one in the past: [url="http://www.trainear.com/"]http://www.trainear.com/[/url] I have not done it in a while but I'll try to put a consistent 10-15 minutes a day during lunch or something. It uses the same idea Bilbo speaks of with learning intervals by relating it to songs you know. I wonder however if that is a good thing or a bad thing, as I hear an interval and I first think of the associated song then the interval. I don't know if eventually familiarity will stop me thinking of the song first and I'll 'just recognise' the interval.

[quote name='chugster' post='1087749' date='Jan 13 2011, 11:22 AM']Thanks I've downloaded Audacity. Can you point me in the direction of any instructions to use it to remove the bass from tracks?[/quote] First thing of course is to import a song. File -> Open , and then navigate and pick your song. My version does not have mp3 support built in, but I should really see about that. Anyways, so now you should be able to play it, edit etc. In my version of Audacity, to cut the low frequencies I go to Effect -> Plugins 1 to 9 -> High Pass Filter. There you can pick your cutoff frequency and Rolloff. Click OK, and it does its thing. Play with the values in High Pass Filter and see how the song sounds. Now this is not going to remove exactly the bass for any song, it just allows you to 'lessen' it to your liking. Not a perfect solution, but good enough for practice IMO. Now if you want to slow down the song cause that riff you want to learn is a bit too fast for you to play along with (or transcribe), then go to Effect -> Change Tempo. Slow it down on the slider as you need to. The nice thing with this, is that sometimes if I want to try and figure a section but I just can't seem to 'hear' it good enough, I might copy and paste the tricky section (or just highlight it) into a new audacity project (File -> New) and use the Low pass filter or something to attenuate the higher frequencies. You can really dial in the start and end of a section you want to lift out or repeat play over and over because you can set the start time (and end time of course) down to the millisecond (this sure beats back in the day when I had my songs on cassette tape...anybody remember that...and had to constantly rewind and play to try and figure out some bass part). Anyway, I hope this all makes sense and helps out in some way.